The seminars in this series (SAM) are held as a bimonthly event to provide a platform to stimulate and foster ideas across disciplines to promote cutting-edge research on advanced materials, which is central to one of the outward-facing research themes of the School of Chemistry. The SAM series intends to feature eminent speakers from within the UK, around Europe, and across the world with a focus on promoting feedback between experiment, theory, and computation in this cross-disciplinary research area. The School will therefore like to promote networking events around the SAM series, and envisage participation from all interested research groups.